Liverpool Town Council election, 1849

Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1849. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Eight of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

The major issues were the Rivington Pike Water Scheme and the imposition of rates on the dock and corporation estates. In several wards Candidates with the same party affiliation stood for election against each other over these issues

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	??	15	??
	Reformers	??	??	1	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1849
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8				50%	49.7%	1,584
	Whig	8				50%	50.3%	1,601

Of the sixteen councillors elected, fourteen were opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme and two were in favour.

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Bernard Hall	unopposed
Registered electors			733
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bernard Hall was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme and in favour of imposing rates on the docks and corporation estate.

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Thomas Avison	304	53%
	Whig	James Aikin *	265	47%
Majority			39
Registered electors			894
Turnout			569	64%
	Whig hold		Swing

Thomas Avison was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme, whereas James Aikin was in favour.

Everton

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Thomas Chalmer the younger	unopposed
Registered electors			1,079
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

Thomas Chalmer was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme.

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Tyrer *	unopposed
Registered electors			648
	Conservative hold		Swing

James Tyrer was in favour of the Rivington Pike water scheme and opposed to imposing rates on the docks and corporation estate.

Great George

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	John Rogers	unopposed
Registered electors			505
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

John Rogers was in opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme and in favour of imposing rates on the docks and corporation estate.

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	James Allanson Picton	unopposed
Registered electors			784
	Whig hold		Swing

James Allanson Picton was in opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme.

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
		Thomas Lloyd	unopposed
Registered electors			735
	[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]]		Swing

Thomas Lloyd was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme.

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Thomas Toulmin *	unopposed
Registered electors			482
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thomas Toulmin was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme.

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Algernon Frederick Jones	423'	71%
	Conservative	Samuel Holmes *	169	29%
Majority			254
Registered electors			931
Turnout			592	64%
	Conservative gain from Conservative		Swing

Samuel Holmes was in favour of the Rivington Pike water scheme, which Algernon Frederick Jones opposed.

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Bennett *	unopposed
Registered electors			470
	Conservative hold		Swing

William Bennett was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme.

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Thomas Godfrey	137	52%
	Conservative	Dr. John Games	125	48%
Majority			12
Registered electors			411
Turnout			262	64%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thomas Godfrey was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme and in favour of imposing rates on the dock and council estates, as was Dr. John Games.

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	John Charles Fernihough	227	55%
	Conservative	Thomas Clarke	184	45%
Majority			43
Registered electors			730
Turnout			411	56%
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

John Charles Fernihough and Thomas Clarke were both opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme.

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	John Bingham	301	69%
	Conservative	James Holme *	135	31%
Majority			166
Registered electors			675
Turnout			436	65%
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

John Bingham was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme, but James Holme was in favour.

There were two cases of Personation. John Jones of Cazneau-street, who intended to vote for Mr. Bingham, discovered that he had been personated by someone who had voted for James Holme. David Starke of Waterloo-road discovered that someone else had voted for Mr. Bingham in his name.

John Holmes of Dryden-street, gave in his voting paper for Mr. Bingham, but as he walked away before his name was recorded, his vote was lost.

Liverpool Mail Saturday 3 November 1849

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
		William Joseph Horsfall	229	62%
		Richard Harbord	139	38%
Majority			90
Registered electors			558
Turnout			368	66%
	[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]]		Swing

William Joseph Horsfall was in favour of the Rivington Pike water scheme, whereas Richard Harbord was opposed.

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jonathan Atkinson	106	62%
	Whig	William Rathbone V	66	38%
Majority			40
Registered electors			315
Turnout			172	55%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Jonathan Atkinson was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme, whereas William Rathbone V was in favour.

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Arthur Henderson	214	57%
	Whig	Daniel Mather	85	23%
	Conservative	George Hall Lawrence *	76	20%
Majority			129
Registered electors			634
Turnout			375	59%
	[[|N/A]] gain from Conservative		Swing

Arthur Henderson was opposed to the Rivington Pike water scheme, Daniel Mather was a supporter of collecting rates from the bock and council estates.

At about half past two the chairman of Mr. Mather's committee proposed to the chairman of Mr. Henderson's committee that Mr. Mather withrew from the contest and that "all double votes be sent down to Castle-street ward in favour of Mr. Avison". This was agreed. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41]}

Aldermanic By Election 29 October 1850

At a meeting of the Council on Tuesday 29 October 1950 Cllr. James Parker (Conservative, St. Anne Street, elected 1 November 1847) was elected as an Alderman to take the place of Alderman William Nicol (elected as an Alderman on Tuesday 9 November 1847), who had resigned. As Cllr. Parker's term of office as a Councillor was due to expire on 1 November 1850, there was no need to hold a by election to fill this post, as it would be filled at the municipal elections on 1 November 1850. ^{[42] [43]}

See also

• Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
• Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present
• Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present
• History of local government in England

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